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Reference > Menus > View Menu Status Bar
Status Bar
The Status Bar displays information on speci fi c instrument settings. It contains only status information; it
does not display any error information. The Status bar has no controls. It can be hidden.
Elements of the Status Bar
Area within Bar Description
Run Status Displays the running state. For example, some run states are Arm, Ready, Triggered,
Analyzing, or Stopped.
Status message area Displays status messages (for example, ADC Overrange). When there no status
messages to report, displays current acquisition parameters (for example, Acq Length:
22.320 us).
Acquisition mode
Displays either Real Time or Swept. Indicates how the next acquisition will be acquired.
Trigger Settings Displays Trigger settings. For example, you will see Free Run, Power, Trig In (front),
Frequency Mask and others.
Frequency Reference Setting Indicates whether the internal or external reference source is selected. Displays Ref:
Int or Ref: Ext.
Internal Attenuator setting Displays the setting of the internal attenuator.
Preamp Setting If Option 01 is installed, this indicates whether the preamp is on or off. If the preamp is
on, displays Preamp: ON, 3 GHz max. as a reminder that the input frequency range is
restricted when using the preamp.
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Run Status Indicators
Indicator Description
Acquiring The analyzer is capturing the signal.
Analyzing The analyzer has captured the signal and is processing the signal record.
Arm The trigger circuitry is fi lling the pretrigger portion of the signal record.
File Data The analyzer is analyzing recalled acquisition records.
Stopped If Stopped is displayed, Signal acquisition has been halted. This can occur because the
Run button has been pressed or because a trigger event has occurred, signal acquisition
has occurred and Run mode was set to Single.
Triggered If Triggered is displayed, the analyzer has recognized a valid trigger and is fi lling the
posttrigger portion of the signal record.
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Showing or Hiding the Status Bar
Select View > Status to toggle the display of the Status bar.
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